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The emotional and unforgettable new romance from the New York Times bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series.

Alexa Holland’s father was her hero—until her shocking discovery that her mother and she weren’t his only family. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when she meets a man who’s as damaged by her father’s mistakes as she is, Alexa must help him.

Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa’s efforts at redemption, but it’s not so easy to push her away. Determined to make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds, they begin an intense and explosive affair.

Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that Alexa has always longed for. And when they’re on the precipice of danger, he finds he’ll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again....

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About the Author

Samantha Young is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series, including Echoes of Scotland Street, Fall from India Place, and Before Jamaica Lane. She resides in Scotland.

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Main character Alexa Holland defines the word "persevere". Also: tenacious. Also: Sunshine. Most, like 99.9%, of American women would not put up with the punishing emotional gauntlet she has thrown down for herself, taking a job with working as a PA for a stone cold financier. I loved every page. One thing that creeps in from the British writers: how absurdly grateful they are for a gift of a warm coat, or a designer dress. Listen to me. That dress is a uniform. She needed it to be on her boss's arm for a society party he had to attend. The correct response to a gift of a $3,000 gown is: I like it a lot, thanks. Not: oh no, let me pay for it, you shouldn't have, blah blah. When she signed up for her job, which required entirely different, higher end wardrobe options, part of the package should have been a clothing stipend. He should have offered it. The fancy party clothes should be part of her compensation package. I found him to be stingy. No dates, no weekends on Nantucket in his new place, no jewelry with a diamond for her. It's not an attractive quality. These Boston men need to do more than have their tuxedo pressed, send a bouquet, and make a reservation. Also: no condoms ever? Not even the first time? That seems dated and absurd. Who knows where that Harvard University Press harridan has been.

Alexa and Caine are making amends and it's one oh so steamy proposition. Alexa’s life wasn't what she thought it was. Her father turned out not to be just an absentee dad but whole secret life having dad. Turns out she and her mother where his second family and if that wasn’t bad enough he only finally came to them hat in hand because his family disinherited him after a terrible would be scandal. After her mother's untimely death she is just done with the man she cannot believe. When confronted with some of the collateral damage of her father’s choices Lexie is compelled to apologise. Caine Carraway’s life was destroyed by her father’s careless indiscretions. But the man his less than receptive to Lexie. He wants nothing to do with anyone with the surname Holland. After getting her fired and blackballed Lexie is left with few options but to ask the man who hates her to at least not punish the daughter for the sins of the father. Caine it seems comes up with a more devious plan, when he fails to secure her job back, he offers her a job as his PA. Masochist Lexie accepts and finds out that working for Mr. Carraway is every bit as patience testing as she would have thought. The only bright spot is Effie, Caine’s eccentric and loving neighbor. With Effie, her bestie Rachel, and her secret but still loving relationship with her grandfather she at least had some people to vent to about her gruff boss. When she is invited to a society event by Caine's best friend Henry Lexington, it drives Caine nuts and makes Lex feel great so naturally she agrees. This is the catalyst needed to explode the lid off the tension bomb that had been ticking but that has been ignored. Caine for some reason is set on maintaining wall that keeps people out and until he starts taking it down Lexie won't make their affair public. Love is a choice that you make but sometimes destiny helps with a little push.

Do I even have words for what I just read? YES I DO! This book was insane from page 1! I loved how the action just started right away. So complex and so heartbreaking and beautiful. It kept me awake until the wee hours of the night lol and I knew I had to get back to reality. #adultingsucks Lol I can sleep later …MUST…FINISH…BOOK! It was so hard to get through all the hurtful things he would say and thank goodness she had Effie because my gosh. Talk about GUT WRENCHING! If words could literally cut you his were the sharpest blade out there. I know they both have issues and they both try to do the best they can but ahhhh I wanted her to focus on herself and see where she could be on her own for a while. The way the story unfolded though was just beautiful and I understand why Caine is that way and why Alexa is a fighter. I WAS SO SHOCKED about her half-brother. I thought it would be him but then he hired a hitman my gosh and then confronting her dad. OH EM GEE! That is so brave. This story was perfection and literally shows you that hope is such a strong feeling and to always follow your intuition. I can’t wait for Henry and Nadia’s novella!

Some of my fav quotes:Being honest had been scary and it hurt, but at least I wasn’t a coward."Right then Caine was just a guy waiting on his girl. Except . . . I wasn’t really his.“Did you ever really grow up, Lexie?” I shot him a saucy look. “I did in all the places that matter.” Like always, triumph rushed through me at the sound of his answering laughter.As sad as it was, sometimes there really was too much damage between people. Sometimes we were better apart than we were together.

Interesting story. I really liked how strong Lexie appeared to be. She was very pragmatic about her relationship with Caine and never cowed to him. When he was a jerk, she called him on it. And he really appreciated that, because nobody really called him on anything because of his money and power. There were times I wish we got Caine's POV, but that might have eliminated some of the intrigue. My heart broke for Lexie so many times... we (she and I, lol) couldn't understand how Caine could be so sweet one moment and then shut off the next. I have to say I didn't see the reason for his forced distance coming! I suppose I can understand why he was scared, but even once he told her, he still tried to keep his distance. Even after she'd said it didn't matter. My heart also broke a bit for Lexie every time she felt that of course people would choose something else instead of love for her. Yet she was still strong as she felt it. It was just fact to her, and then she'd pull herself back up and get on with life.